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cascadiance

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4. Not live anymore. Part of Liberty Media's more slow motion Clear Channel style reprogramming...

Reply to bigdarryl (Original post)

Mon Jul 22, 2013, 06:27 PM

Jul 2013

... of Sirius Left in to "Sirius Progress", where they bumped Thom Hartmann from his live slot to be Michelangelo Signorelli with more of a focus on LGBT issues rather than national progressive issues. Hartmann has now been delayed to a 9-midnight EST time slot.

Here's the new schedule...

http://www.siriusxm.com/siriusxmleft/weeklyschedule

Looks like Bill Press has been removed from the schedule too.

I'm thinking of perhaps finding a way to get a new car stereo that can work with either Android and Pandora or Slacker streaming, or perhaps something perhaps even more robust to get internet radio broadcasts, hopefully without too much retrofitting so that I can also get morning broadcasts of Carl Wolfson from his internet stream too.

Perhaps with Liberty Media playing these cards, now would be a good time for a grass roots movement to dump Sirius/XM and to move to internet/Android based radio streaming.

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Is Thom Hartman still on Sirius XM [View all] bigdarryl Jul 2013 OP

I think his equipment crashed today JeffHead Jul 2013 #1

They are still listing him on the channel lineup. BumRushDaShow Jul 2013 #2

I think his time slot has changed NikolaC Jul 2013 #3

Not live anymore. Part of Liberty Media's more slow motion Clear Channel style reprogramming... cascadiance Jul 2013 #4

Does your car stereo have in Aux input? pstokely Jul 2013 #7

I think I'm going to pay a visit to the car stereo place... cascadiance Jul 2013 #11

SiriusXM has wifi-enabled receivers BumRushDaShow Jul 2013 #16

In some cars, it might be easier enough to install a new stereo yourself pstokely Jul 2013 #22

any good android phone, get a unlimited data plan (T-Mobile unlimited data is $20 a month) and... Rosco T. Jul 2013 #24

Here's the new weekday schedule for SiriusXM Progress & Progress PLUS Fla Dem Jul 2013 #5

Why don't they just more create progressive channels? pstokely Jul 2013 #6

These 2 channels are progressive talk. n/t Fla Dem Jul 2013 #14

But only one is carried by satellite transmission... cascadiance Jul 2013 #20

Will they offer a lower rate if you call to cancel? pstokely Jul 2013 #21

I don't know, call them and see. n/t Fla Dem Jul 2013 #25

Not live, but Thom Hartmann is on from 9-12 pm. Fla Dem Jul 2013 #26

He can still be heard live with the Sirius app OR online Omaha Steve Jul 2013 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author Ilsa Jul 2013 #15

does anyone still subscribe to XM? nt markiv Jul 2013 #9

Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI ) has never been more popular (more than 25 million subscribers) Omaha Steve Jul 2013 #10

I'd be careful about these sort of articles that might be trying to "boost" Sirius XM for a sale... cascadiance Jul 2013 #12

Digital River Pharmaceuticals Omaha Steve Jul 2013 #13

Be Careful and put in a Stop Loss to protect yourself...though. KoKo Jul 2013 #18

Point taken Omaha Steve Jul 2013 #19

I was originally an XM subscriber right when they were merging BumRushDaShow Jul 2013 #17

Both are mostly the same, except only Sirius has the feeds of the visiting NFL teams pstokely Jul 2013 #23